Seoni

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Seoni (सिवनी) is a city and district in Madhya Pradesh. Seoni is city where tributary of the river Godavari, the Wainganga, originates. Rudyard Kipling used the forests in the vicinity of Seoni, or as he spells it, Seeonee, as the setting for the Mowgli stories in The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book (1894–1895).

Variants

Location

Seoni is located at 22.08°N 79.53°E. It has an average elevation of 611 metres. It is halfway between Nagpur and Jabalpur. It is bordered by Jabalpur, Narsinghpur and Mandla districts to the north, Balaghat to the east and Chhindwara to the west and the shares its southern boundary with Nagpur (Maharashtra). National Highway No. 44 is longest of India connects the Kanyakumari-Banaras passes through the district from north to south.

Origin of name

1. Seoni gets name from Shiva. Bharashiva Nagavanshi rulers were followers of Shiva and probably they gave this name to the city. 'Siwani Copper Plate Inscription of the Maharaja Pravarasena II in 18th year of reign' makes it clear in Line-3:

(L.3.)-Who was the son of the Mahârâja of the Vâkâtakas, the illustrious Rudrasêna (I.), who was an excessively devout devotee of (the god) Svâmi-Mahâbhairava, who was the daughter’s son of the illustrious Bhavanâga, the Mahârâja of the Bhârashivas, whose royal line owed its origin to the great satisfaction of (the god) Shiva, (caused) by (their) carrying a linga of Shiva placed as a load upon (their) shoulders, (and who were besprinkled on the forehead with the pure water of (the river) Bhâgîrathî that had been obtained by (their) valour, (and) who performed ablutions after the celebration of ten ashvamêdha-sacrifices;-who was the son of Gautamiputra.

2. The name of the district originated from the word 'Seona' (Gudina arborea), a species of tree commonly found in the area.,[1]

Tahsils in Seoni District

1 Seoni

2 Lakhnadon

3 Barghat

4 Keolari

5 Ghansaur

6 Chhapara

7 Kurai

8 Dhanora

Villages in Seoni Tahsil

Town: 1 Seoni

Villages:

1 Aloniya, 2 Amakola, 3 Amakola, 4 Auriya Ryt., 5 Auriyamal, 6 Badhi, 7 Badiwada Ryt., 8 Badkumari, 9 Baghodi, 10 Baghraj, 11 Baglai, 12 Bajarwada, 13 Bakhari, 14 Bakodi, 15 Balarpur, 16 Balpura, 17 Bamhani, 18 Bamhani, 19 Bamhanwada, 20 Bamhanwada, 21 Bamhodi, 22 Bamhodi, 23 Bandha, 24 Bandol, 25 Bandra, 26 Banjarjamuniya, 27 Banjarthigripar, 28 Banki, 29 Barelipar Ryt., 30 Bareliparmal, 31 Barsala, 32 Batwani, 33 Belkhedi, 34 Bhadarpur, 35 Bhajipani, 36 Bhaliwada, 37 Bhata, 38 Bhatekhari, 39 Bhatiwada, 40 Bhatiwada, 41 Bhoma, 42 Bhomatola, 43 Bhongakheda, 44 Bhurkalkhapa, 45 Bichhuwaghoorwara, 46 Bihiriya, 47 Bihiriya No.1, 48 Bineki, 49 Binjhawada Ryt., 50 Bisapur, 51 Bisawadi, 52 Bithli, 53 Bordai, 54 Boriya, 55 Bothiya, 56 Chandanwadakalan, 57 Chandanwadakhurd, 58 Chandori Khurd, 59 Chandorikalan, 60 Chargaon, 61 Chargaon, 62 Chauda, 63 Chawdi, 64 Chhatarpur, 65 Chhidiya, 66 Chhindbarri, 67 Chhindguwar, 68 Chhitapar, 69 Chhuhai, 70 Chhui, 71 Chichband, 72 Chorgarthiya, 73 Chutka, 74 Datni, 75 Deori, 76 Deori, 77 Dhanora, 78 Dhaturiya, 79 Dheki, 80 Dhenka, 81 Dighori, 82 Divthi, 83 Dokarranji, 84 Dongarkhedi, 85 Dorlichhatarpur, 86 Dukali, 87 Dundal Kheda, 88 Dundaseoni, 89 Dungariya, 90 Dungariya, 91 Erpa, 92 Fareda, 93 Gadarwara, 94 Gangai, 95 Gangai, 96 Gangeruwa, 97 Garthiya, 98 Ghatpipariya, 99 Ghotiy, 100 Gobarbeli, 101 Gondihinotiya, 102 Gopalganj, 103 Gorakhpurkalan, 104 Gorakhpurkhurd, 105 Gundrai, 106 Harharpur, 107 Hatnapur, 108 Hinotiya, 109 Hinotiya, 110 Hivra, 111 Indawadi, 112 Jaitpurkalan, 113 Jaitpurkhurd, 114 Jam, 115 Jam, 116 Jamuniya, 117 Jamuniya, 118 Jamuniya Kandipur, 119 Jamuniya No.4, 120 Jamuntola, 121 Jaona, 122 Jaronda, 123 Jatalapur, 124 Jatlapur Mal, 125 Jatlapur Ryt., 126 Jhilmili, 127 Jivnaramal, 128 Jogiwada, 129 Jorawari, 130 Jujhatpur, 131 Jurtara, 132 Jurtara, 133 Kalarbanki, 134 Kamkasur, 135 Kamta, 136 Kanchna, 137 Kandipar, 138 Kanhargaon, 139 Kanharpipariya, 140 Kanhiwada, 141 Kanjai, 142 Karhaiya, 143 Karirat, 144 Karkoti, 145 Katalbodi, 146 Katangi, 147 Katarwada, 148 Katiya, 149 Kekarwanimal, 150 KekarwaniRyt., 151 Khairi, 152 Khairi, 153 Khairikalan, 154 [Khairtola]], 155 Khamariya, 156 Khamariya, 157 Khamariya, 158 Khamariya Ryt., 159 Khamkhareli, 160 Khapa, 161 Khapa, 162 Khapa, 163 Khirkhiri, 164 Khursipar, 165 Kirkiranji, 166 Kisanpur, 167 Kohka, 168 Kohka, 169 Kokiwada, 170 Koniyapar, 171 Kothiya, 172 Kudopipariya, 173 Kudwari, 174 Kuklah, 175 Lakhanwada, 176 Lamajoti, 177 Lamta, 178 Lingpani, 179 Loniya, 180 Lugharwada, 181 Lungsa, 182 Lungsa, 183 Maduwa, 184 Magarkatha, 185 Mahlon, 186 Mahrapipariya, 187 Mahuljhir, 188 Maili, 189 Maili, 190 Malanjpura, 191 Manegaon, 192 Manegaon, 193 Manori, 194 Marbodi, 195 Marjhor, 196 Marjhor, 197 Mehrakhapa, 198 Mohbeli, 199 Mohgaon, 200 Mordongri, 201 Mothar, 202 Mundrai, 203 Mundrai, 204 Mungawanikalan, 205 Mungawanikhurd, 206 Murwarimal, 207 MurwariRyt., 208 Nagjhir, 209 Nainpar, 210 Nakatiya, 211 Nandni, 212 Nandora, 213 Narayanganj, 214 Narela, 215 Narwakheda, 216 Nayegaon, 217 Paddikona, 218 Palari, 219 Palari, 220 Panjra, 221 Panjra, 222 Parasiya, 223 Parasiya, 224 Partapur, 225 Patharphodi, 226 Patra, 227 Patrai, 228 Payli, 229 Phulara, 230 Pindrai, 231 Pindrai, 232 Pipardahi, 233 Pipariya, 234 Pipariya, 235 Pipariya No.1, 236 Pipariya No.3, 237 Pipariya No.6, 238 Pongar, 239 Potalpani, 240 Poundi, 241 Pusera, 242 Radhadehi, 243 Radhai, 244 Rahiwada, 245 Rampuri, 246 Ranveli, 247 Sagar, 248 Sahajpuri, 249 Sakarda, 250 Saliwada, 251 Saliwada, 252 Saliwada, 253 Samnapur, 254 Samnapur, 255 Samnapurmal, 256 SamnapurRyt., 257 Sangai, 258 Sapapar, 259 Sargapur, 260 Sargapur, 261 Seluwakhurd, 262 Sihora, 263 Siladehi, 264 Simariya, 265 Simariya, 266 Simariya No.1, 267 Singhodi, 268 Singhodi No.1, 269 Singhodi No.3, 270 Sonadongari, 271 Sukhtara, 272 Sukri, 273 Suktarabamhandehi Ryt., 274 Sukwah, 275 Tekarranji, 276 Thanwari, 277 Thanwari, 278 Thanwari, 279 Thareli, 280 Tharka, 281 Thigripar, 282 Tighra, 283 Tikari, 284 Tikari No.1, 285 Tolapipariya, 286 Udepani Khurd, 287 Umariya, 288 Umariya, 289 Vijaypanikhurd,

Source - https://www.census2011.co.in/data/subdistrict/3664-seoni-seoni-madhya-pradesh.html

Jat Gotras Namesake

Seoni Jat Gotras Namesake is partial list of the peoples or places in Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh, which have phonetic similarity with Jat clans or Jat Places. In list below those on the left are Jat clans (or Jat Places) and on right are people or place names in Seoni District. Such a similarity is probably due to the fact that Nagavanshi Jats had been inhabitants and rulers of this area in antiquity.

Rivers in Seoni district

History

An early copper inscription found in Seoni is a land grant from Vakataka king Pravarasena II in the 3rd century CE. Although the region where the land grant was given is not indicated, more copper plates found in Nagpur, Chhindwara and the Ajanta Caves also indicate the region would have been under Vakataka rule. Later it was speculated the Satpura range was briefly part of the Gaur kingdom.

Afterwards the region most likely passed to the Kalachuris with capital at Tewar in Jabalpur district, who ruled from the 9th to 12th centuries. The Chandels of Mahoba then most likely ousted the Kalachuris, evidence being oral histories that cite Chandel generals as having captured Seoni region to take a Kalachuri princess.[3]

The first recorded historical records begin with the Gond Garha-Mandla kingdom. The forts of Ghansor, Chauri and Dongartal and the territory around them, which make up the majority of modern-day Seoni district, were included in the territory of Sangaram Shah in 1530. The Gonds fought against the Mughals and retained their independence, but paid tribute to the Mughals regardless.[4]

In the late 17th century, the Raja of Mandla Narendra Shah asked fellow Gond king Bakht Buland Shah of Deogarh to help suppress a rebellion of two Afghan captains, Azim Khan and Lunde Khan. At Pratappur near Seoni, the two kings defeated the adventurers and Narendra Shah ceded the territory now part of Seoni district to Bakht Buland Shah. Bakht Buland Shah gave the Dongartal region to Raj Khan, an Afghan adventurer, as governor. He also put his relative Raja Ram Singh in charge of Seoni region, who built a fort at Chhapara. Raj Khan took part of modern Bhandara district, presumably at the instigation of Bakht Buland Shah.

In 1743, Raghoji Bhosle of Nagpur took over Deogarh kingdom, including Seoni district. Raj Khan died the same year, but his son Muhammad continued to hold Seoni in the name of the Raja of Deogarh for three years. Raghoji offered Khan the entirety of Seoni to govern if he relinquished the part of Bhandara he conquered, which he accepted. Khan moved to Chhapara and administered the region as a diwan until his death in 1759. During one of his absences in Nagpur, the Raja of Mandla took over Chhapara but Khan quickly drove him out and established the Wainganga and Thanwar as borders of the two kingdoms. During the Bhosale period seoni came under Nagpur kingdom and many Jagirdari was given to Powar who mostly settled in Barghat, Seoni and Keolari region of district. In 1774 his grandson Md. Amin Khan moved headquarters to Seoni. Chhapara was twice sacked by the Pindaris and greatly reduced in size. Gonds also regularly attacked the district, and due to his inability to control them Amin's son Md. Zamin was recalled as diwan and replaced by Bengaji Bhatoni. Although he tried to regain his hereditary land in Dongartal, Zamin died and his widow received a village near Seoni Modern Bori Kalan. A Kharak Bharti Gosain was then given the government of the region by Raghoji but proved to be so oppressive the revenue fell and many areas were depopulated.

In 1818, after the Battle of Sitabuldi in the Third Anglo-Maratha War, Seoni was given to British control. At first the district was administered by officers reporting to Jabalpur, then to the British resident at Nagpur. The British raised a police force to counter Gond attacks and made landlords responsible for security of the roads.[5]

During the 1857 rebellion, a Lodhi landlord in the north of the district rebelled. However the most part of the landlords, including the erstwhile Diwan family of Khans, supported the British.[6]

सिवनी

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[7] ने लेख किया है ...सिवनी (AS, p.964): मध्यकालीन जैन मंदिरों के अवशेषों के लिए यह स्थान उल्लेखनीय है. वाकाटक महाराज प्रवरसेन द्वितीय (c.400 - 415) का ताम्रदानपट्ट यहां से प्राप्त हुआ था जो उनके शासन के 18 में वर्ष में जारी किया गया था. इसमें ब्रह्मपुरक नामक ग्राम को दान में दिए जाने का उल्लेख है. इसमें अन्य कई ग्रामों का वर्णन भी है जिनमें से कोल्लपुरक भी है.

सिवनी, आदिवासी परिवार वाहुल्य जिले का गठन वर्ष 1956 में किया गया था। जिले का नाम मुख्यालय टाउन सिवनी के अनुसार है। सिवनी नाम वेरोनाबल परिवार से संबंधित शब्द सियोना (या आर्बोरिया का गुदिना) वृक्ष से उत्पन्न हुआ, जो आमतौर पर इस क्षेत्र में पाया जाता था। इस पेड़ की लकड़ी विशेष रूप से ढोलक (ड्रम) बनाने के लिए उपयोग किया जाता था ।सिवनी जिला सतपुड़ा पठार के एक संकीर्ण, उत्तर-दक्षिण खंड पर स्थित है और अक्षांश 21 36 ′ और 22 57′ उत्तर और देशांतर 79 19 ′ और 80 17 देशांतर के बीच स्थित है। राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग क्रमांक-7 (बनारस- कन्याकुमारी) जो उत्तर से दक्षिण तक जिले को जोड़ता है।

बैनगंगा: लोगों द्वारा पूजा की जाने वाली सबसे स्वच्छ नदी में से एक बैनगंगा, जो कि सिवनी (ग्राम- मुढ़ारा) से उत्पन्न हुई थी। संजय सरोवर एशिया का सबसे बड़ा मिट्टी बांध सिवनी की जीवनरेखा है।यह बांध कृषि और पीने के लिए पानी का एक प्राथमिक स्रोत है।

पेंच राष्ट्रीय उद्यान: पेंच राष्ट्रीय उद्यान जो टाइगर रिजर्व के अंतर्भाग में स्थित है,और मध्य भारत के प्राकृतिक इतिहास में महत्वपूर्ण स्थान रखता है। रूडयार्ड किपलिंग के जंगल बुक के प्रसिद्ध चरित्र “मोगली” द्वारा वन्यजीव पुस्तकों में इसकी वनस्पतियों और जीवों के विवरण दिखाई दिए हैं, जिसमें 37% हरे वन क्षेत्र वाले सिवनी की प्रकृति की बहुतायत का चित्रण शामिल है। सिवनी जिला लकड़ी और अन्य वन उपज से समृद्ध है।

सिवनी जिले का क्षेत्रफल 8758 वर्ग किमी है और जिले की अर्थव्यवस्था मुख्य रूप से महिला कार्य सहभागिता की एक अच्छी संख्या के साथ कृषि पर निर्भर है। 2011 की जनगणना के अनुसार जिले की कुल जनसंख्या 13,79,131 है, जिसमें से 12,15,241 ग्रामीण आबादी और 1,63,890 शहरी आबादी है। राज्य के औसत की तुलना में अनुसूचित जनजाति की आबादी 429104 अच्छे लिंगानुपात के साथ है।सिवनी जिले की पुरुष और महिला साक्षरता दर क्रमशः 72.1 प्रतिशत और 63.7 है।

Source - https://seoni.nic.in/

सिवनी परिचय

सिवनी मध्य प्रदेश के प्रमुख नगरों में से एक है। सिवनी ज़िले का गठन 1 नवम्बर, सन 1956 को किया गया था। यह ज़िला जबलपुर डिवीजन के दक्षिण में उत्तर-दक्षिण सतपुड़ा पठार के संकर हिस्से में स्थित है। 'अमोदागढ़', 'भीमगढ़ संजय सरोवर बांध' और 'पेंच राष्ट्रीय उद्यान' यहाँ के मुख्य आकर्षक स्थान हैं। 'सिवनी' नाम की उत्पत्ति 'सिवना' शब्द से हुई है, जो वृक्ष की एक प्रजाति है। यह पेड़ इस ज़िले में बहुतायत मात्रा में पाया जाता है। इस पेड़ की लकड़ी का प्रयोग 'ढोलक' आदि बनाने के लिए किया जाता है। 8758 वर्ग कि.मी. के क्षेत्रफल में फैला यह सिवनी ज़िला लकड़ी का मुख्य स्रोत है। वेनगंगा सिवनी की जीवन दायिनी नदी है। एशिया का सबसे बड़ा 'मड डैम' इसी नदी पर बना है। 'पेंच राष्ट्रीय उद्यान' यहाँ का मुख्य आकर्षण है, जिसे देखने के लिए बड़ी संख्या में पर्यटकों का आना-जाना लगा रहता है। [8]

इतिहास के पृष्ठों में यह जिला मंडला के गौंड राजाओं के 52 गंढों में से एक महत्वपूर्ण स्थल रहा है। नगर मुख्यालय में तीन गढ चावडी, छपारा और आदेगांव प्रमुख थे। गौंड राजाओं के पतन के पश्चात सन 1700 ई. में नागपुर के भोसले के साम्राज्य के अधीन आ गया। सत्ता का केन्द्र छपारा ही था। सन् 1774 में छपारा से बदलकर मुख्यालय सिवनी हो गया। इसी समय दीवानगढी का निर्माण हुआ और सन् 1853 में मराठों के पतन एवं रघ्घुजी तृतीय की मृत्यु निःसंतान होने के कारण यह क्षेत्र ईस्ट इंडिया कंपनी के प्रभाव में आ गया। सन् 1857 की क्रान्ति के पश्चात कम्पनी का समस्त शासन ब्रिटिश हुकूमत के अधीन हो गया। मुख्यालय में दीवान साहब का सिवनी ग्राम, मंगलीपेठ एवं भैरोगंज ग्राम मिलकर सिवनी नगर बना। नागपुर से जबलपुर एन.एच. 7 के मध्य सिवनी ना केवल प्रमुख व्यापारिक केन्द्र था बल्कि जंगल अधिक होने के कारण अंग्रेजों के लिए सुरक्षित स्थान भी था। [9]

कोलापुर

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[10] ने लेख किया है ...कोलापुर (बरार) (AS, p.238), महाराष्ट्र राज्य में स्थित एक ग्राम है। यह एलिचपुर से 21 मील (लगभग 33.6 कि.मी.) की दूरी पर दक्षिण दिशा में है। फ़्लीट के मतानुसार यह ग्राम प्राचीन 'कोल्लहपुरक' है, जिसका उल्लेख वाकाटक नरेश प्रवरसेन द्वितीय (c.400 - 415) के सिवनी से प्राप्त ताम्र-दानपट्ट में है।

Siwani Plates of 18th year of Pravarasena II

No.7: Plate VII
Siwani Plates of 18th year of Pravarasena II

Source - Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (inscriptions Of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.28-32

[p.28]: These plates were found in the possession of a Malguzar named Hazari Gond living at the village of Pindarai in the Siwani tahsil of the Chhindwada District of Madhya Pradesh. They were brought to notice in 1836, in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol. V, pp. 726 f., where Mr. James Prinsep published his transcript of the text and a translation of it, accompanied by a lithograph of the plates. They were next edited by Dr. Fleet in the Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, Vol. III, pp. 243 f. together with a translation and lithographs of the plates. They are edited here from the same lithographs.

‘ The plates, of which the first and last are inscribed on one side only, are five in number, each measuring about 8.3/16" and 4.1/2" at the ends and somewhat less in the middle. They are quite smooth, the edges of them having been neither fashioned thicker, nor raised into rims. The inscription is in a state of perfect preservation throughout.... The engraving is very good.....The average size of the letters is about 1/4" , except on the seal and the last plate, where they are larger1. The characters are of the box-headed variety of the southern alphabets, resembling those of the Jamb plates. The only peculiarities that may be noted are as follows — kh has a rectangle at the bottom; see -khanakaḥ, line 29; ḍ is not distinguished clearly from d, see daṇḍa, line 11 ; n shows the same form as in modern Nagari; see -yājinaḥ, line 2; b has two forms (i) the square one as in Bīṇṇā-, line 17 and (ii) that with a notch in the left limb as in Brihaspati-, line 1 ; a final consonant is indicated by its short form and in some cases by means of a short horizontal stroke at the top; see drishṭam, line 1 and rāja-vanshānām, line 5. The sign of the upadhmāmya occurs in line 3 of the legend. The language is Sanskrit, and except for the legend and two benedictive and imprecatory verses at the end, the inscription is in verse throughout. As regards orthography, we may note (i) the reduplication of the consonant following r as in -Âptoryyām-, line 1 and that of the consonant preceding y and v as in Bhāgiratthy-, line 5 and addhvaryyave, lines 19-20; (ii) the use of n for anushvāra before ś and s as in vanśa-, line 5 and 17 and anśa-, line 4; and (iii) the use of ḷi for the medial vowel li in -klipt-opaklipta-, in line 30.

The inscription, which opens with drishtam, is one of Maharaja Pravarasena II of the Vakataka dynasty. His genealogy is given here exactly as in his other grants, his maternal grandfather being called Devagupta. The object of the present inscription is to record the grant, by Pravarasena II, of the village Brahmapūraka to the Brahmana Devaśarmāchārya of the Maudgalya gotra and Taittiriya shakha. The place of issue is not named in the record, but it was probably the royal capital Pravarapura; for, the grant is said to have been made at

1 Fleet, CII, Vol. III, pp. 243 f.

[p.29]: the victorious place of religious worship (vaijayika-dharma-sthāna)1. The donated village was situated in the Beṇṇākarpara-bhoga (वेण्णाकरपर-भोग) and lay to the north of Vaṭpūraka (वटपूरक), to the west of Kiṇihikheṭaka (किणिहिखेटक), to the south of Pavarajjavātaka (प्रवरज्जवाटक) and to the east of Kollapūraka (कोल्लपूरक) . The village adjoining it was named Karañjaviraka (करञ्जविरक). The grant was made on the 12th tithi of the bright fortnight of Phalguna in the eighteenth regnal year (expressed in words) of Pravarasena II. The Senapati at the time was Bāppadeva. The charter was written by Acharya.

The localities mentioned in the present plates remained unidentified for a long time. Fleet suggested the identification of only one of them, viz., Kollapuraka which he thought was possibly identical with ‘ the modern Kolapoor (कोलापूर) of the map, twenty-one miles south of Ilichpur. This is incorrect; for, the real name of the place is Kholapur (खोलापुर) and it was founded by Kholeshvara (खोलेश्वर), a well-known general of the great Yadava king Sihghana, who named it after himself and granted it as an agrahāra to Brahmanas2. Again, none of the other villages can be identified in the vicinity of Kholapur. While editing the Patna Museum plate of Pravarasena II, Dr. Altekar suggested that Brahmapuraka (ब्रह्मपूरक) named in it to define the boundary of the donated village Shriparnaka (श्रीपर्णका) was identical with the village of the same name granted by the present plates. He identified it with Brahmanwada (ब्राहमणवाडा) near Achalpur3. This identification also is open to the same objection; for, none of the other villages can be identified in the vicinity of Brahmanwada.

The statement in the present grant that Brahmapuraka (ब्रह्मपूरक) was situated in Bennakapara-bhoga is important. Like Bennakata of the Tirodi plates4, this bhoga also must have derived its name from the river Benna (बेण्णा), modern Wainganga5, and must have included the territory in the vicinity of that river. With this clue I could identify most of the villages mentioned in the present grant.

Karanja, about 6 miles from Amgaon, a railway station on the Calcutta-Nagpur line of the South-Eastern Railway, is probably the ancient Karanjaviraka (करञ्जविरक).

Brahmapuraka (ब्रह्मपूरक), the donated village, is Bahmni (बाहमनी), about three miles from Karanja.

Kollapūraka (कोल्लपूरक) of the plates is now represented by Kulpa near Karanja, about 5 miles to the west of Bahmni.

Pavarajjavātaka (प्रवरज्जवाटक) and Vatapuraka (वटपूरक) may be the modern Paraswada and Badgaon near Bahmni6. These places lie wthin 20 to 30 miles from the eastern bank of the Wainganga and were in all probability included in the Bennakaipara-bhoga mentioned in the present plates.7

1 This expression generally occurs in the grants made at the royal capital.

2 Cf. खोल्लपूराभिधं चक्रे योग्रहारमनुत्तमम् । तीरे पयोप्ण्या विपुलं तथान्यद्धास्तिनापुरम् G. H. Khare, Sources of the Mediaeval History of the Deccan, p. 64

3 JBORS Vol. XIV, p. 472.

4 See No. 11, line 13.

5 This river is called Vena (वेणा) in the Mahabharata (Sabhaparwan, Adhyaya 31, v. 12), Padmapurana (svargakhanda, adhyaya, 30, vv. 30-32, and adhyaya 114, vv. 27-28). The Markandeyapurana and the Matsyapurana call it Venya (वेण्या). Venva (वेण्या) in the Vayu (ad. 45, v. 102) and Kurma (ad. 47, v. 32) are evidently corrupt forms of the Sanskrit name Venya (वेण्या).

6. Paraswada (परसवाड़ा) and Badgaon (बडगांव) do not lie to the north and south of Bahmni as stated in the plates, but are situated in the opposite directions. The official who drafted the present charter must have been responsible for the mistake.

7 The identifications of these places were first suggested by me in the Nagpur University Journal. No. I, pp. 1 ff.

8. From the facsimiles facing pages 248 and 249 in Fleet’s CII., Vol. III.
Translation

[p.31]: Seen. By the order of the Maharaja, the illustrious Pravarasena (II), who is an ornament of the Vakataka family ; who, by the grace of Shambhu, has established the Krita-yuga (on the earth) ; who was born of Prabhavatigupta, the daughter of the Maharajadhiraja, the illustrious Devagupta; who has exterminated all his enemies by his excellent policy, strength and valour; who follows the path adopted by former kings (and) who is the son of Rudrasena (II), the Maharaja of the Vakatakas: —

(For translation of lines 1 to 13, see above, pp. 13-14.)

(Line 17). The village named Brahmapuraka (ब्रह्मपूरक), together with Korata (कोरट)11 and the right to levy a tax equal to one-fiftieth12 (of the sale-price), situated in the bhoga of Bennakarpara (वेण्णाकारपर), has been given, with the pouring out of water, to the Adhvaryu, Acharya Devasharman of the

1 At first लि, later corrected into ल.

2 Read सक्लृप्तोपक्लृप्त:.

3 Read परिबाधाङ्कुर्य्यात्कारयेद्धा.

4 Other cognate plates have generally धर्म्मादरकरणे.

5 Read राजदत्तसञ्चिन्तनपरिपालं.

6 Read कृतपुण्यानुकीर्त्तनपरिहारार्त्य न कीर्त्तयाम:.

7 Read एष्यत्काल प्रभविष्णूनां

8 Metre of this and the next verse: Anushtubh.

9 Read -दत्तां वा.

10 Metre: Anushtubh.

11 The meaning of korata is not certain.

12 For this tax, see MSM., ch. VII, 130. v.

Wiki Editor Notes:

  • Brahmapuraka (ब्रह्मपूरक) = Brahmapuraka (ब्रह्मपूरक), the donated village, is Bamhani (बमहनी), about three miles from Karanja. (p.29)
  • Korat (कोरट) (Jat clan) → Korata (कोरट) mentioned in Siwani Plates of 18th year of Pravarasena II[16]... (Line 17). The village named Brahmapuraka (ब्रह्मपूरक), together with Korata (कोरट)[17] and the right to levy a tax equal to one-fiftieth[18] (of the sale-price), situated in the bhoga of Bennakarpara (वेण्णाकारपर), has been given, with the pouring out of water, to the Adhvaryu, Acharya Devasharman of the

Identification by Author (Laxman Burdak): Author (Laxman Burdak) has identified these places as under and provided Google maps for verification. Click the place name to see details:

Comments on Siwani Copper Plate Inscription of 18th year of Pravarasena II

The Seal.

A charter of king Pravarasêna, the ornament of the Vâkâtakas, who has attained royal dignity by inheritance, (is) a charter for (the observance of even his) enemies.

The Plates.
  • Sight has been attained! Perfection has been attained!-(Line 17.)-At the command of the Mahârâja, the illustrious Pravarasêna (II.), who follows the path of imitating the behaviour of previous kings; who has extirpated all enemies by (his) excellent policy and strength and prowess; who was begotten on Prabhâvatiguptâ, the daughter of the Mahârâjâdhirâja, the glorious Dêvagupta; who, through possessing the favour of (the god) Shambhu, is (as virtuous as) one belonging to the Krita age; who is the ornament of the lineage of the Vâkâtakas;-
  • (Line 12.)-(And) who is the son of the Mahârâja of the Vâkâtakas, the illustrious Rudrasêna (II.), who acquired an abundance of good fortune through the favour of the divine (god) Chakrapâni;-
  • (L. 8.)-Who was the son of the Mahârâja of the Vâkâtakas, the illustrious Prithivishêna, who was an excessively devout worshipper of (the god) Mahêshvara; who was possessed of an excess of truthfulness, straightforwardness, tenderness, heroism, prowess, political wisdom, modesty, and high-mindedness, and with devotion to worthy people and guests, and with the condition of being victorious through religion, and with purity of mind, and with other meritorious qualities; who belonged to an uninterrupted succession of sons and sons’ sons, whose treasure and means of government had been accumulation for a hundred years; who behaved like Yudhisthira;-
  • (L.3.)-Who was the son of the Mahârâja of the Vâkâtakas, the illustrious Rudrasêna (I.), who was an excessively devout devotee of (the god) Svâmi-Mahâbhairava, who was the daughter’s son of the illustrious Bhavanâga, the Mahârâja of the Bhârashivas, whose royal line owed its origin to the great satisfaction of (the god) Shiva, (caused) by (their) carrying a linga of Shiva placed as a load upon (their) shoulders, (and who were besprinkled on the forehead with the pure water of (the river) Bhâgîrathî that had been obtained by (their) valour, (and) who performed ablutions after the celebration of ten ashvamêdha-sacrifices;-who was the son of Gautamiputra;-
  • (L. 1.)-(And) who was the son of the son of the Mahârâja of the sovereign Vâkâtakas, the illustrious Pravarasêna (I.), who celebrated the agnishtôma, aptôryâma, ukthya, shôdashin, âtirâtra, vâjapêya, brihaspatisava, and sâdeyaskra sacrifices, and four ashvamêdha-sacrifices, (and) was of the Vishnuvriddha gotra;-
  • (L. 17.)-In the Bennâkârpara bhâga,-in the eighteenth year of the augmenting reign; on the twelfth lunar day of the bright fortnight of (the month) Phâlguna,-the village named Brahmapûraka,-(which), according to the specification of its boundaries (is) on the bank of the (river) Karañjaviraka, on the north of (the village of) Vatapûraka, on the west of (the village of) Kinihikhêtaka, on the south of (the village of ) Pavarajjavâtaka, (and) on the east of (the village of) Kollapûraka,-is given, with libations of water, together with the korata and the fifty (hamlets?), to the Adhvaryu, the Âchârya Dêvasharman, of the Maudgalya gôtra, (and) of the Taittirîya (shâkhâ).
  • (L. 23.)-In this matter, Our obedient and high-born officers, employed in the office of general superintendents, and (Our) regular soldiers and umbrella-bearers, should be (thus) directed with a command preceded by (the words) ‘O illustrious one:’ - "Be it known to you, that, in order to increase Our own religion and life and strength and victory and dominion, (and) for the sake of (Our) welfare in this world and in the next, (and generally) for Our benefit, this (village) [is granted] in (Our) victorious office of justice.
  • (L.27.)-"It is not to be entered by the regular troops or by the umbrella-bearers; it does not carry with it (the right to) cows and bulls in succession (of production), or to the abundance of flowers and milk, or to the pasturage, hides, and charcoal, or to the mines for the purchase of salt in a moist state; it is entirely free from all (obligation of) forced labour; it carries with it the hidden treasures and deposits, and the klripta and upaklripta; it is (to be enjoyed) for the same time with the moon and the sun; (and) it is to follow (the succession of) sons and sons’ sons. The enjoyment of it should not be obstructed by any one. It should be protected and increased by all ( possible) means. And whosoever, disregarding Our charter, shall give, or cause to be given, even slight vexation, We will inflict on him, or will cause to be inflicted, punishment, together with a fine, when he is denounced by the Brâhmans."
  • (L. 35.)-(This charter) has been written by the Âchârya, while Bâppadêva is the Sênâpati.
  • (L. 35.)-And in this subject-matter of religion,-in order to avoid boasting of (other) meritorious actions performed (by Us),-We do not recite the religious merit acquired by (Our) care and protection of grants made by various kings who are dead and gone. (But), out of respect for those who shall be pre-eminent in times to come, We make a request ( for protection of the grant) to future (kings).
  • (L. 38.)-And two verses, sung by Vyâsa, are to be taken as an authority on this point: -The giver of land enjoys happiness in heaven for sixty thousand years; (but) the confiscator (of a grant), and he who assents (to an act of confiscation), shall dwell for the same number of years in hell! Whosoever confiscates land that has been given, whether by himself, or by another, he incurs the guilt of the slayer of a hundred thousand cows!
  • From: Fleet, John F. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum: Inscriptions of the Early Guptas. Vol. III. Calcutta: Government of India, Central Publications Branch, 1888, 247-249.

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  1. ↑ https://seoni.nic.in/
  2. ↑ https://www.india9.com/i9show/Bawanthadi-River-65993.htm
  3. ↑ "Central Provinces District Gazetteers: Seoni District". INDIAN CULTURE.
  4. ↑ "Central Provinces District Gazetteers: Seoni District". INDIAN CULTURE.
  5. ↑ "Central Provinces District Gazetteers: Seoni District". INDIAN CULTURE.
  6. ↑ "Central Provinces District Gazetteers: Seoni District". INDIAN CULTURE.
  7. ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.964
  8. ↑ भारतकोश-सिवनी
  9. ↑ Official Website of Seoni
  10. ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.238
  11. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (inscriptions Of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.28-32
  12. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (inscriptions Of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.28-32
  13. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (inscriptions Of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.28-32
  14. ↑ JBORS Vol. XIV, p. 472.
  15. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (inscriptions Of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.28-32
  16. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (inscriptions Of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.28-32
  17. ↑ The meaning of korata is not certain.
  18. ↑ For this tax, see MSM., ch. VII, 130. v.
  19. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (inscriptions Of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.28-32
  20. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (inscriptions Of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.28-32
  21. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (inscriptions Of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.28-32
  22. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (inscriptions Of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.28-32
  23. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (inscriptions Of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.28-32
  24. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (inscriptions Of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.28-32
  25. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (inscriptions Of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.28-32
  26. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (inscriptions Of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.28-32

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